Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) embraces Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma against Notre Dame during the second half of the championship game in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Connecticut won 79-58. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) embraces Connecticut head...

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) shoots against Notre Dame guard Kayla McBride (21) during the first half of the championship game in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) shoots against Notre Dame...

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) and Notre Dame forward Taya Reimer (12) watch a shot ball during the first half of the championship game in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) and Notre Dame forward...

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) moves against Notre Dame during the first half of the championship game in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) moves against Notre Dame...

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) hugs a team mate after the second half of the championship game against Notre Dame in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Connecticut won 79-58. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 06: Breanna Stewart #30 of the Connecticut Huskies drives to the basket against Lili Thompson #1 of the Stanford Cardinal in the first half during the NCAA Women's Final Four semifinal at Bridgestone Arena on April 6, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 06: Breanna Stewart #30 of the Connecticut...

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) moves down court against Stanford during the second half of the semifinal game in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) moves down court against...

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) tries to stay inbounds against Stanford during the second half of the semifinal game in the Final Four of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) tries to stay inbounds...

NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 06: Breanna Stewart #30 of the Connecticut Huskies handles the ball against Chiney Ogwumike #13 of the Stanford Cardinal in the second half during the NCAA Women's Final Four semifinal at Bridgestone Arena on April 6, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 06: Breanna Stewart #30 of the Connecticut...

Texas A&M's Karla Gilbert (34) and Connecticut's Breanna Stewart (30) battle for a rebound during the first half of their regional final in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Lincoln, Neb., Monday March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

STORRS -- The thought of one day representing the United States at the Olympics has been a goal for UConn All-American Breanna Stewart for years. She has been associated with USA Basketball since she was 15, competing at the U.S. Women's National Team mini-camp last October.

Stewart, the reigning collegiate National Player of the Year, will have another opportunity to prove herself to the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee when she attends training camp over the next few weeks. At stake is one of 12 spots on the World Championship Team.

"I'm really excited,'' Stewart said. "It's an amazing opportunity just like it was last fall in Las Vegas. But, obviously, the World Championships are at the end of this month and that's something that I want to be part of.''

Stewart, a 6-foot-4 forward, is again the only college player on a 27-player roster. Among the host of professionals are 10 members of the 2012 Olympic Team that won gold in London, including former UConn stars Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi.

Fellow former UConn All-Americans Stefanie Dolson and Bria Hartley will also be competing at training camp, which begins Monday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Taurasi will not attend after leading the Phoenix Mercury to the WNBA Finals.

Stewart said she welcomes the pressure of having to compete against the professionals to earn a spot on the World Championship Team.

"People want to see how good I actually am or how she plays on TV, how she actually plays and that type of thing,'' Stewart said. "Just the pressure that you want to perform well in front of whether it's the pros, the committee, the coaches ¦ You want to perform well under any of them.''

Team USA will work out in Annapolis through Sept. 10. It will host the USA Basketball Women's National Team Showcase, a Red vs. White intrasquad game, at the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center Sept. 11 (7 p.m.; ESPN2) and will face Canada and UConn freshman Kia Nurse at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport Sept 15 (7 p.m.; ESPN2).

The U.S. will then play four exhibition games in Europe against 2012 Olympic silver medalist France, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Australia, 2010 FIBA World Championship silver medalist Czech Republic and 2013 FIBA Asia bronze medalist China prior to the start of the World Championship. It will also compete in the France International Tournament in Paris Sept. 19-21, facing Australia Sept. 19, China Sept. 20 and France on Sept. 21 and will travel to Prague, Czech Republic for an exhibition against the Czech Republic Sept. 23.

The 12-member World Championship Team will be finalized prior to the start of the FIBA World Championship, Sept. 27-Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

"Judging by how she performed at the Las Vegas training camp a year ago I would say that Stewie has got as good a chance of making the team as anybody else not named `previous Olympic gold medalist,''' Team USA/UConn coach Geno Auriemma said.

Stewart is fresh off generating one of the best seasons in UConn history. She averaged 19.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.8 blocks and joined Cheryl Miller as the only players named Final Four Most Outstanding Player in each of their first two seasons as the Huskies finished 40-0.

In the coming weeks, she hopes to join Kara Wolters (1994) and Moore (2010) as the only UConn players to play for the U.S. World Championship Team as college players.

"Obviously, when you look at the kind of season she had as a sophomore coming on the heels of the camp in October, I think she got a tremendous amount of confidence from that camp when you can perform as well as she did against all those professional basketball players,'' Auriemma said. "We talked (Wednesday) morning and she feels really, really comfortable and ready and excited.''